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Government considering judge-led inquiry into torture and rendition

By agency reporter

July 3, 2018

The Government has announced that it is considering a judge-led inquiry into UK involvement in torture and rendition following the publication of two reports into the subject by the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) last week.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister Alan Duncan promised, in response to an urgent question by Ken Clarke in the House of Commons, that a decision would be made within 60 days of the date of the ISC reports. (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/26076)

Responding, Dan Dolan, Head of Policy at the human rights organisation Reprieve, said: “It’s right that the Government is now considering a judge-led inquiry into UK involvement in torture and rendition. The Prime Minister should listen to the growing cross-party support, including from two former Conservative cabinet ministers in the House of Commons today. This is not a party-political issue or about blaming individual officers, it’s an opportunity to fix the institutional failures that led to this appalling mistreatment and ensure the guidance to our intelligence personnel is strengthened and clarified so that this cannot happen again.”

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